Some English Bible translations and paraphrases
[The Revised Standard Version with red cover. 1952—Xrayguy1969 / [CC BY-SA 4.0] Wikimedia]
King James Version (KJV) 1611
Douay-Rheims Bible (DRB) originally published in 1582 and 1609–1610, revised 1749–1752
American Standard Version (ASV) 1901, an American publication of the British Revised Version from 1885
Revised Standard Version (RSV) 1952
New American Bible (NAB) 1970
New English Bible (NEB) 1970
New American Standard Version (NASB) 1971, revision of ASV
Living Bible (TLB) 1971
Good News Bible (GNT) 1976
New International Version (NIV) 1978
New King James Version (NKJV) 1982, revision of KJV
New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) 1985
New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 1989, revision of RSV
Contemporary English Version (CEV) 1995
New Living Translation (NLT) 1996, revision of Living Bible
The Message (MSG) 2002
English Standard Version (ESV) 2001
Holman Christian Standard (HCSB) 2004
Today’s New International Version (TNIV) 2005, revision of NIV
Common English Bible (CEB) 2011
New American Bible Revised Edition (NABRE) 2011, revision of NAB
By the editors
[Christian History originally published this article in Christian History Issue #143 in 2022]
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